diagrams.net, also known as draw.io, is a free diagram editor. Idea Flowchart is a hosted canvas with AI chat editing and a workspace that keeps your boards ready to share.
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What Idea Flowchart adds
Both draw diagrams in the browser. These are the extras.
Hosted for you
Boards live in your Idea Flowchart workspace, so there is nothing to host or sync.
AI chat on the canvas
Ask for a missing step or a cleaner label and review the result.
Team workspace
Save a board and turn on Share with team so teammates can open it.
Public links and embeds
Publish a board with an expiry date, or embed it on your own site.
Templates
Start from Data Flow, Network / Infrastructure, Customer Onboarding, or a mind map.
Hand editing
AI chat is a shortcut. Dragging and editing shapes works the way you expect.
How to try it alongside draw.io
Keep diagrams.net for anything you host and start one live board here.
1. Keep your archive
Existing diagrams can stay in diagrams.net.
2. Start a live diagram here
Open a canvas for the process someone is asking about now.
3. Ask for one revision
Rename a decision or add the branch you forgot, then check the canvas.
4. Share it
Invite the team to that board once it looks right.
A look at the canvas
A short look at drawing and connecting shapes in the browser.
Idea Flowchart and diagrams.net
diagrams.net is a free editor you can also host yourself. Idea Flowchart is the hosted canvas with AI chat, included with the other DataBorders apps.
Run the editor on your own servers
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Draw diagrams in the browser
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Included with the other DataBorders apps
diagrams.net alternative FAQ
How the two tools differ and when to use each.
Yes. diagrams.net is the current name, and many people still search for draw.io.
Idea Flowchart is a hosted service. Teams that need the editor on their own servers can keep using diagrams.net for that.
Try it when you want AI chat on the canvas, a workspace for your boards, or the other DataBorders apps on the same subscription.
Rebuild the diagrams you still maintain. Templates and AI chat make the first draft quick.